Constituency
181. Sagar
Community mirrorMadhya Pradesh · India Lok Sabha Election, 1962
IN-SAGAR
INC 48.8%won by 18.0%JS 30.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 18.0%.
- New challengerJS (JS) finished second with 30.9% — it did not contest here in 1957.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.7% of the vote between them, up from 60.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 30.9% to 44.1%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
4,28,923
Turnout
44.1%
Valid votes
1,89,214
Margin
34,005
17.97%
Candidates
4 contested · winner INC- 1JAWALA PRASAD JHUMAKLALIndian National Congress · INC92,38748.8%
- 2VACHASPATI SHARMA PREMRAJ SHARMAJS · JS58,38230.9%
- 3BALRAM REWARAMPraja Socialist Party · PSP28,05314.8%
- 4MULLIDHAR RANKBANDHU JAI KRISHNAJI SHASTRIHMS · HMS10,3925.5%
Since 1957
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–JS swing
- −17.3%
- INC share
- 35.3% → 48.8%
- JS share
- 0.0% → 30.9%
- Turnout
- 75.0% → 44.1%